Geelong and Melbourne Railway Company 0-4-0T (1855)

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Geelong and Melbourne Railway 0-4-0T
Type and origin
Power typeSteam
BuilderWalker & Munro, Geelong
Build date1855
Total produced1
Specifications
Configuration:
   Whyte 0-4-0 VBT
Gauge 5 ft 3 in (1,600 mm) Victorian broad gauge
Fuel typeCoke
Fuel capacity52 long cwt (2.6 t) [1]
Career
Operators Geelong & Melbourne Railway Company, Victorian Railways
Number in class1
NumbersAriel
First runDecember 1855
Last runc.1864
(8.6 years)
Scrappedc.1893
DispositionSold

The Geelong & Melbourne Railway Company operated a total of 1 locomotive that fell under the Whyte notation of 0-4-0T, with a Vertical boiler, between 1855 and 1860. [2] Later it was operated by the Victorian Railways between 1860 and 1893. This was the second locomotive manufactured in Australia (Note, the first was MHBR's 2-2-2WT the year before). [3] [4] [5]

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History

The Geelong & Melbourne Railway Company never numbered their locomotives, but instead gave them individual names, the 0-4-0VBT was named Ariel. [6] It was used as an inspection engine. It was sold to Victorian Railways on 3 September 1860, where it would carry no number and no class name, as was the standard for Victorian Railways until 1886. [7] [8] Converted to pumping engine c.1864. It was noted as still in existence by the Engineer-in-Chief's correspondence 11 July 1892 and was proposed to be convert to a tram motor for the St Albans line. Noted as sold to John Danks & Co., a machinery and engineering supplies merchant of Melbourne, c.1893. The Ballarat Historical Society wrote to the Railways Department 17 June 1897 asking on what terms they could have 'Ariel'.

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